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Unfortunate That Everyone Wants To Show That Their Religion And God Are Supreme: Bombay High Court On "Vande Mataram" Row
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the FIR lodged against an army man and a doctor who allegedly outraged sentiments of Muslims and asked few men to "either say Vande Mataram or go to Pakistan".A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Vrushali Joshi however lamented that now-a-days everybody wants to show that his or her religion or God is the Supreme....
Plea To Quash FIR Lodged Under IPC If Filed After July 1 Should Be Governed By BNSS: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently quashed a matrimonial case filed against a husband by his wife in 2018 while treating his plea for quashing of the FIR filed under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (BNSS). Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani analyzed Section 531(2)(a) of BNSS and said that proceedings are to be disposed of, continued, held or made...
Kerala High Court Reserves Order In KIIFB And Dr Thomas Isaac's Plea Challenging ED Summons In Masala Bonds Case
The Kerala High Court has reserved orders in the writ petitions filed by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and Dr Thomas Isaac challenging the summons issued against them by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the 'masala bonds' case.Justice T R Ravi on hearing the arguments of KIIFB, Dr Isaac and ED reserved it for orders. Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta, appearing...
PIL In Allahabad HC Against Varanasi Municipal Corporation's Order To Close Non-Veg Shops Along 'Kanwar' Route
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court challenging the directive of the Varanasi Municipal Corporation to close down all meat and poultry shops along the Kanwar Yatra route for the entire month of 'Saawan'.The National Loktantrik Party, through its National President (Executive) Mohammad Suhail, has moved the PIL plea to quash the impugned...
Dengue Surge: Karnataka High Court Appoints Senior Advocate KN Phanindra As Amicus
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday appointed Senior Advocate KN Phanindra as Amicus Curiae to assist the court in its suo-motu case against rise in number of Dengue cases in Bengaluru and other districts of the state, especially rural areas. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind requested the counsel to assist it in the matter and directed BBMP to...
BREAKING | Kerala High Court Stays Publication Of Justice Hema Commission Report On Issues Faced By Women In Film Industry
The Kerala High Court has passed an interim order of stay for one week on an order of the State Information Commissioner directing to make Justice Hema Commission Report public. Tomorrow was the last date given by the Commission to publish the report. The Commission had said that it was in the larger public interest that the report be made public.The Justice K. Hema Committee was established...
Advance Ruling Application Not Restricted Only To Supplier: Rajasthan High Court Quashes AAR's Order Rejecting Application
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has quashed the AAR's order rejecting the application for the advance ruling as not maintainable on the grounds that the applicant was not the supplier.The bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Ashutosh Kumar has observed that the appeal against the advance ruling is provided under Section 100 of the CGST Act. The concerned officer,...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging State Govt's Decision To Expunge 50 Out-Of-Syllabus Questions From KCET-2024
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal challenging a single judge bench order which refused to look into the validity of the State government's decision to set up a committee to examine 'out of syllabus' questions asked in the Karnataka CET 2024 exams, held in April and its finding to exclude 50 questions which were out of syllabus. A division bench of Chief Justice...
Kerala High Court Dismisses Indian Medical Association's Petition Challenging GST Levy On Supply Of Goods And Services To Its Members
The Kerala High Court has dismissed the writ petition filed by the Indian Medical Association challenging the levy of GST on supply of goods and services to its members.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh has observed that the Parliament/State Legislature has amended Section 7(a) by inserting Section 7(aa) by the Finance Act, 2021. The amendment is neither beyond legislative competence...
Non-Completion Of Chambal River Bridge Connecting MP With UP: Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Notice To State For Inaction Over 10 Yrs
Due to the state government's failure to complete the construction of a bridge over the Chambal River, meant to connect parts of Madhya Pradesh with Uttar Pradesh, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has revived a PIL filed in 2020. The Division Bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Rajendra Kumar Vani at Gwalior directed the state government, PWD Principal Secretary and PWD Chief Engineer,...
Delhi High Court Rejects Textile Firm's Sindhi Breakdown Of Word "Adidas" To Defend Trademark Infringement Suit
The Delhi High Court recently permanently restrained a textile firm and its partners from using the 'Adidas' mark, after the German sports and apparel wear company filed a trademark infringement lawsuit.In doing so, a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula rejected the defendants' contention that the name of the firm stems from one of the partners' “deep admiration for his elder...
Bail Condition Requiring Accused To Appear In Police Station May Lead To Human Rights Abuses, Give Scope Of False Allegations: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that conditions requiring an accused to mark his presence at police station could lead to grievances, human rights abuses, and false allegations. “It is needless to point out that such conditions of marking presence at Police Station would invite many grievances which may also lead to abuse of human rights and may give a scope of false allegations which...